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“Yaicha runs. He sits down, tired, and says to mom, "I'm sorry you had to see that." Inevitable that he does it. But he doesn't really want a witness.”

Witness Inevitable

Book:Because I Am Furniture

Source: Because I Am Furniture

“I never realized till now how hard the brain has to work to make the body do what it asks. Or maybe how hard the body has to work to ignore the brain.”

Book:Because I Am Furniture

Source: Because I Am Furniture

“Yaicha is named after a song by some group from the last century called the Pousette-Dart Band. Something about a girl, a candle in the falling rain shining amidst the pain. I kind of surprise myself when I can picture Yaicha as that candle. My father named Yaicha after the "haunting melody." I wonder if he ever listened to the lyrics.”

Book:Because I Am Furniture

Source: Because I Am Furniture

“I think that is supposed to be good, that I get less from him but I feel worth less.”

Lonely Abuse Alone Worthless Furniture Because I Am Furniture Thalia Chaltas

Book:Because I Am Furniture

Source: Because I Am Furniture

“I got an A on the third quiz in American history, an A, dammit. Last time I got a B up from a C and my father said, "if you can get a C you can get a B, if you can get a B you can get an A."- I got an A and my father said, "grades don't mean anything.”

Father Sad Grades Depressing

Book:Because I Am Furniture

Source: Because I Am Furniture

“Why am I not good enough? At least he loves Darren and Yaicha in some way even if it's horrible, he shows them attention and I am furniture I get nothing nothing nothing no thing”

Abuse Ya Young Adult Fiction

Book:Because I Am Furniture

Source: Because I Am Furniture

“Yaicha and Darren told me that I was the mailman's child, and I got so angry, stalking away, hot steam in my ribs. Yaicha and Darren told me that I was the mailman's child and now I am thinking how wonderful it would be to have the mailman as my father.”

Book:Because I Am Furniture

Source: Because I Am Furniture